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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be challenging many of the restriction proposals put forward by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the use and sale of lead ammunition for outdoor recreational shooting in England, Scotland and Wales. Following detailed analysis of the HSE evidence and proposals, BASC has produced positions… Read more »
The Food and Work Network – a coalition of academics, public health professionals, trade unionists and community activists based at Birkbeck College, University of London – today slammed as “wholly inadequate” the Government’s Food Strategy, arguing that “it’s time to declare a National Food Emergency” to reflect the gravity of the situation. The Network has… Read more »
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The health secretary has ordered all hospitals to complete anti-superbug ‘deep cleans’ by March 2008. Alan Johnson today set out details of how the planned deep clean of all hospitals will work, including the extent of regional funding. The initiative has been widely criticised as a gimmick, with the Lancet medical journal also raising concerns… Read more »
The health secretary has denied the Department of Health (DoH) has axed controversial plans to involve private sector treatment centres in the NHS. The director general has recommended seven schemes are dropped because they do not offer value for money or are poorly used. In a ministerial statement to MPs, Alan Johnson insisted the government… Read more »
